Crime scene investigators have determined that an acrylic spray paint (polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA) was used to deface...

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Crime scene investigators have determined that an acrylic spraypaint (polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA) was used to deface the MonaLisa. Leonardo used linseed oil. We would like a solvent thatinteracts more strongly with acrylic than with linseed oil. Basedon their chemical structures, we can approximate the SSCEDparameters of linseed oil as n-hexadecane and acrylic paint asmethylethylketone. Do you recommend CHCl_3, toluene, or acetone asthe solvent? Explain.

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WE CAN USE ANY OF THE ABOVE 3 SOLVENTS FOR THE SAID PURPOSE HE EXPLANATION IS GIVEN BELOW the use of chloroform is NO objectionable an alternative ALSO is to dissolve the lipids in tertiary butanol or    See Answer
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